Enter the Sawfish

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Enter the Sawfish: 43 комментария

F1 has become a bureaucrats wet dream. There was so much technology in F1 25 yrs ago that computers had to be removed from many componrnts, like suspension. The FIA juggles things around to try and keep the speeds close to 25 yrs ago. Now we have the absurd halo. Soon an enclosed cockpit. The FIA Must be owned by Kotex

Scarbs says in this video the sharkfin is gonna stay, and I read the same on reddit. But I also did read the T-wing and sharkfin were still banned in the published new regulations for next year. So what's it gonna be? Is it gonna stay (yes please, I love the sharkfin like the Haas' actually) or is it gonna go?

Kenny Berstien's 1987 Ford tempo funny car had the exact aero tech / wingletts for extra down force. Instead they were across the body just above the rear window. Dale Armstrong and the Ford motor company did the wind tunnel testing. Very clever aero tech but not new.

It was said that the Sawfish adds drag, but makes the rear wing more efficient, so then in turn the rear wing could be made smaller, which in turn reduces drag. What was not stated, is the question of the total drag of the "standard" rear wing, vs the total drag of the Sawfish, coupled with a smaller rear wing. If it's a "wash", what's the point? Having said that, I suspect the downforce is greater with the Sawfish/smaller wing approach, even if the drag is similar. Of course our esteemed engineer is cognizant of these issues, but all I'm saying is that these points of engineering might have been more thoroughly laid out and examined in the video. If you need a writer, Peter, I'm available!